WASHINGTONThe Senate has voted to effectively block the Justice Department from undertaking gun-smuggling probes like the flawed "Operation Fast and Furious" program that was aimed at breaking up networks running guns to Mexican drug cartels but which lost track of hundreds of the weapons. Some of the weapons were used to commit crimes in Mexico and the U.S.

Tuesday's vote would block the government from transferring guns to drug cartels unless federal agents "continuously monitor or control" the weapons.

Probing Holder or Probing the smuggling and the border? this is about as vague as "is" is. Makes me wonder if Reid knows Pelosi isn't in charge over there walking around with a vibrating gavel anymore.

There is no progress here until the organizations that engage in such practices are ended. However, firing all those agents would be dangerous for society and they should be, instead, imprisoned until they are past age 80 or exiled.

Just fine - however do not shut down the investigation. Let's go after those responsible (and that does include Eric Holder); expose everything behind it and why it began in the first place. Somehow I'm thinking it was dreamed up by a bunch of anti-gun folk inside the government demanded by their loyal anti-Second Amendment folk.

The way to shut down any opposition to governments around the world, is to take away their way to defend themselves against despots.

I'm fearing more and more, that not only Obama but many inside these unelected bureaucrats in various agencies, would like nothing more than for the American people to be unable to stand down in the face of opposition.

If we can't break up the drug smuggling routes, why would we fantasize that we can break up the gun smuggling routes? Why do we pretend we don't know where the guns are going? We don't know who the higher-ups in the cartels are?

Fine...make sure they can't do it again. but never let up on taking them to task for that which they have already done. They have innocent blood on their hands and they must be held accountable for it.

Good start, now start repealing some of the laws on the books. Let’s start with the sporting purpose clause of the 1968 GCA and all laws based on that. Then we can move to the NFA and Hughes Amendment. Yes, this is punitive demands for that fracked up operation. Oh, and Holder and all the upper echelon who knew and authorized this mess need to go to jail for TREASON.

The 99-0 vote would block the government from transferring guns to drug cartels unless federal agents "continuously monitor or control" the weapons. The amendment's sponsor, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, called the vote "just the first step towards ensuring that such a foolish operation can never be repeated by our own law enforcement."

The Justice Department has already stopped the program.

A Justice Department official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because Congress did not ask the department for its views, said the amendment essentially reflects DOJ policy.

"Oh what a tangle web we weave - when we SPIN IT to deceive ..."

DOJ trying to say that Congress is reflecting DOJ's policy ... HA! HA! DOJ stopped it 'cuz they fu*ked up and they knew that the details of the fiasco were gonna come out ...

As far as Congress is concerned, the 99-0 vote gives Senate Dems cover becuz this debacle ISN'T going away. It is gonna rot like a fish from the head down throughout election season.

The GOP is sittin' pretty on this now. The 99-0 vote gives them credence for their demands that the White House give up the internal documents to Congress. The Senate Dems cannot come out publicly against this 'cuz of their vote to end the program ...

Yes. This is the congress' way to "end" a program. They pass a law preventing any money from being expended on it. It usually works because the executive branch cannot spend any money unless appropriated by Congress. (US Constitution and a public law)This move by congress cuts off the money.

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posted on 10/19/2011 10:30:11 AM PDT
by Rapscallion
(OBAMA speak his name with loathing for what he has done to America!)

Has anyone else seen this? This is at least one report from the DoD that could be seen as the DoD wanting to move the war on drugs under the banner of the War on Terror. It might even be the correct thing to do if it's focus is to close down the Southern Border.

I know this is conspiracy city, but we know that the current Occupier in Chief is connect to at least two Domestic Terrorist groups, the New Black Panthers and the Weather Underground, is it that far of a stretch to come to the conclusion that Obama is arming an enemy against our own military intentionally?

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posted on 10/19/2011 3:05:15 PM PDT
by txroadkill
(Antlers up! The Claw must be feared! Back2Back American League Champions!)

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